Cashing Out

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The BBC is not an arm of the State, but a body funded by the public. As such, it has a responsibility towards the public to use that money wisely. Where it fails in this responsibility it owes the public at the very least an explanation.

This week the corporation turned down a request by MPs that it should disclose the names of 150 individuals who received large severance payouts. In total these amounted to £25 million. Or, to bring the maths into your own front room, the equivalent of the total licence fee paid by almost 172,000 households. Lord